mutter
Example Sentences
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The man’s voice was growing weaker, and he began to mutter: half words; none of them sense.
From Literature
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“Don’t burn the toast this time,” he mutters.
From Literature
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"It was badly received. There was a lot of muttering below the decks," Commander David Allsop said at the time.
From BBC
“Yeah, and while you were gone, Mark Chesley almost got her,” I mutter under my breath.
From Literature
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Meadowlark flips over and mutters something I can’t make out and hugs a pillow to her chest, but she doesn’t open her eyes.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.